Does El Nino have anything to do with global warming and climate change?
El Nino is a natural phenomenon that has been occurring throughout the centuries, though not always with the same regularity; it now occurs about every two to seven years. El Nino is the strong warming of the equatorial Pacific ocean. Its effects are felt worldwide, which demonstrates the interconnected nature of the Earth’s climate. Recent El Nino events have been very strong and have contributed to the record-setting temperatures of the 1990s’, evidence that El Nino events can warm parts of the Earth. But now scientists are examining how human-induced global warming could affect El Nino. Scientists are concerned that the accumulation of greenhouse gases in our atmosphere may inject enough heat into the Pacific Ocean to make El Nino events more frequent and fierce.
